Posted on 11/07/2006 12:19:23 AM PST by HAL9000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 6, 2006
FCC ISSUES ORDER ON REMAND ADDRESSING EARLIER BROADCAST TELEVISION INDECENCY DECISIONS
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released an Order addressing several television indecency decisions that were remanded to the Commission by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As part of its March 15, 2006 Omnibus Indecency Order, the FCC originally found that the broadcasts of “The 2003 Billboard Music Awards,” “The Early Show,” “The 2002 Billboard Music Awards,” and several episodes of “NYPD Blue” were apparently indecent and profane. Penalties were not proposed, however, because of specific circumstances associated with the broadcasts.
In today’s Order, the Commission replaces its prior decisions about the above programs with new findings based on its review of affected licensee responses and public comments, and a fresh look at the issues raised by the broadcasts. Specifically, the FCC finds that the use of offensive language by participants in “The 2003 Billboard Music Awards” and “The 2002 Billboard Music Awards” was indecent and profane. The FCC also finds that the broadcast of the “S-Word” during “The Early Show” was neither indecent nor profane in this instance due to the fact that it occurred during news programming. Finally, the Commission dismisses the indecency complaint regarding the “NYPD Blue” episodes as inadequate to trigger enforcement action.
Action by the Commission, November 6, 2006, Order (FCC 06-166). Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps, Tate, and McDowell. Commissioner Adelstein concurring in part, dissenting in part. Separate statement issued by Commissioner Adelstein.
Why not, every other moral has gone down the drain! Sickening!
I'm glad the FCC feels this way. I am prone to screaming obscenities while watching/reading the MSM news.
I don't think government should be involved in entertainment. Why can't parents police their own family...I know I do. I don't need the government telling my kids what is good for them. FREEPERS should feel the same way.
I could understand if it were the Clinton Administration. They were nothing but pure sleeze., But the fact is, it's George Bush's FCC.
So much for the value issues.
I guess this explains Katie Couric's new nightly segment: "That F***ing Fascist, George W Bush".
three queers will.................hehe
Your way over my head there. WTF are you talking about?
That's up to the moderators.
:)
>>Why not, every other moral has gone down the drain! Sickening!<<
Freedom of the press is more important for news... it should also apply to documentaries - they can't show a lot of actual WW2 footage uncensored because soldiers said bad words and Janet Jackson showed her breast.
LOL. What happened to that mook that told you to shut up earlier?
mook ?
mook.
It was some mook that posted a Steele thread and the ran.
who or what was or is the mook ?
sorry..meant "then ran".
it's all good
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